The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-07
/ LIFE IN GERMANY.
PEOPLE WHO DELIGHT IN AN OUT
OF-DOORS EXISTENCE.

A Land of Much Military Disp1ay-Maid
Servants-How the Mothers Manage to
Keep Their Family secrets-Life Within
the Flats.
The ground here seems fabulous in
value, yet everywhere one comes unex-
pectedly upon inclOsed spaces planted
with shade trees and made delightfully."-
attractive by scattered hints of forest Sc
clusion, with rustic benches, FLASHING
fountains and the odOr of flowers. Here
in the morning the mother sits with the
little ones, looking up from knitting or
embroidery to watch them at play, the
nurse at hand to do their bidding. On
leaving, each member of the party bows
courteously to the stranger sitting near
by, and the youngest child stops to make
a demure courtesy which recalls the
grave fashion of the minuet. THUS early
in life is she impressed with the impor
tance of social decorum. Even the strange
babe in the nurses arms extends the
hand as we pass each other on the stair
way Everywhere the children are re-
mem bered Those who do not leave the
city for the summer come from their
homes to live in the garden and parks, all
of which have commodious spaces for
their play grounds.
LOVE OF FOREST LIFE.
This love of trees and forest life Is a
survival of the taste which Taeitus as
cribed to the Old Teutons. Here, out OF
doors, one catches glimpses of thoroughly
German life. The tiniest child has her
knitting her butterfly net, her roll for
lunch, while the boys have their gymnas-
tic exercises and games. Such life Is an
elysium for the nurses.
There is much military display in the
city. Everywhere there are bright uni
forms, and the flashing of guns and
sword-hiIts enlivens the city's streets with
that sort of glamour which is always fas-
cinating to childish eyes. A German maid
is ready at any moment to do an errand,
even if she be in the act OF turning an
omeIette 1t is the old story of the fascl-
nation of gilt buttons and epaulets. You
see them lingering at the fountains,
where the pitchers are flied, for chat
with some soldier-and soldier are ub1qul-
tous here. If suddenly a house should De
unroofed without the knowledge of its oc-
cupants. and one could see its inmost life
revealed, these flats of five or six stores,
so reticent as we gaze upon them IN pass
ing by, a whole city full of them, so that
one estimates it's area perpendlcularly
instead Of horizontally-who has their
secrets.
The maid servants all have their rooms
in the mansard attic, under the roof" as
thew say here, and at night with twelve
or more maids in conclave one knows
there must be much gossip. The pos imam
comes five times daily; it is known who
has received letters and what the possible
contents are; who has new Dali oress'
who has redraped an old one. These rev.
Citations under the caves, how varied IN
theme! How lively in recital! HOW provo
cative of inferences The romance OF Ine
Young people, the daily menu, the PROB
able bank account, all this passes 10
nightly review. Matrons complain, out
find no remedy. Then the older neh1Oels
discuss affairs not meant for the ears OF
servants or little ones. They speak IL
French. and children demurely say: =
shall be glad when my French lessons be
DIN then / too. can hear the family Sc
crets."
LIFE WITHIN THE FLATS.
This life within the flats is all novel anC
invested with that air of romance Wilch
foreign atmosphere always gives. Iher'
are no open hreplaces, TAU WnI!e Po ne
lain stoves reaching to the ceiling. In
floors are waxed and Immediately neat
At the windows there are lace curtains
behind these white shades, which ar
drawn into cloud-like putfs- They ar
technically known as Clouds, ana on
sees them erywhere-partlcularly at al
the palace windows. Next the glass, Iner
hangs PLAIN, unOTdpS0 AfNo' VIZ ~ $1,000
Aenyv-curtains," whose function Is TO pre-
cent a sight of the interior. The window
silIs are broad-the windows open With
the shane of a double door. with hinge;
Ontside there are permanent Yenetla
blinds. either green or gray, conVeruO!
into a slanting awning at single touci
INNS German windows, the eyes OF th
house. as it were, are intricate IN the
furnishing. -, -
For comfort in looking out there al
broad. luxurious cushions, patiently en-
hroiderai in the tent-stitch. This en-
broidery repeats itself everywhere, O
every occasion, and enters largely mi
the life of every fraulein. 1t IS matte
of sentiment that gifts should represer
the skill of the giver, and it is alWaJ
somebody's birthday, or the ann1Versal
of some event. Even the birthday OF tn
strange visitor is not permitted TO pa
unnoticed. Glance with me at the nam
embroidery in this room Taole cove
sofa cushions paper rack, writing ma
coal box cover, the rug before the Wrltln
desk, the slippers of the host, the Roma
apron of the hostess, all represent weel
Of labor. No German lady sits Win 10
hands, even when entertaining compan
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